), as amended (CISADA), the Iran ThreatReduction and Syria Human Rights Act of 2012 (Public Law 112–158)(ITRSHRA), section 212(f) of the Immigration and Nationality Act of 1952,as amended (8 U.S.C. 1182(f)), and section 301 of title 3, United StatesCode, and in order to take additional steps with respect to the nationalemergency declared in Executive Order 12957 of March 15, 1995,I, BARACK OBAMA, President of the United States of America, herebyorder:

Section 1

. (a) When the President, or the Secretary of State or the Secretaryof the Treasury pursuant to authority delegated by the President and inaccordance with the terms of such delegation, has determined that sanctionsshall be imposed on a person pursuant to ISA, CISADA, or ITRSHRA andhas, in accordance with those authorities, selected one or more of the sanc-tions set forth in section 6 of ISA to impose on that person, the Secretaryof the Treasury, in consultation with the Secretary of State, shall take thefollowing actions with respect to the sanctions selected and maintained by the President, the Secretary of State, or the Secretary of the Treasury:(i) with respect to section 6(a)(3) of ISA, prohibit any United States financialinstitution from making loans or providing credits to the sanctioned personconsistent with that section;(ii) with respect to section 6(a)(6) of ISA, prohibit any transactions inforeign exchange that are subject to the jurisdiction of the United Statesand in which the sanctioned person has any interest;(iii) with respect to section 6(a)(7) of ISA, prohibit any transfers of creditor payments between financial institutions or by, through, or to any finan-cial institution, to the extent that such transfers or payments are subjectto the jurisdiction of the United States and involve any interest of thesanctioned person;(iv) with respect to section 6(a)(8) of ISA, block all property and interestsin property that are in the United States, that come within the UnitedStates, or that are or come within the possession or control of any UnitedStates person, including any foreign branch, of the sanctioned person,and provide that such property and interests in property may not betransferred, paid, exported, withdrawn, or otherwise dealt in;(v) with respect to section 6(a)(9) of ISA, prohibit any United Statesperson from investing in or purchasing significant amounts of equity ordebt instruments of a sanctioned person;(vi) with respect to section 6(a)(11) of ISA, impose on the principal execu-tive officer or officers, or persons performing similar functions and with

similar authorities, of a sanctioned person the sanctions described insections 6(a)(3), 6(a)(6), (6)(a)(7), 6(a)(8), 6(a)(9), or 6(a)(12) of ISA, asselected by the President, Secretary of State, or Secretary of the Treasury,as appropriate; or(vii) with respect to section 6(a)(12) of ISA, restrict or prohibit importsof goods, technology, or services, directly or indirectly, into the UnitedStates from the sanctioned person.(b) The prohibitions in subsection (a) of this section apply except to theextent provided by statutes, or in regulations, orders, directives, or licensesthat may be issued pursuant to this order, and notwithstanding any contractentered into or any license or permit granted prior to the date of thisorder.

Sec. 2

. (a) All property and interests in property that are in the UnitedStates, that hereafter come within the United States, or that are or hereaftercome within the possession or control of any United States person, includingany foreign branch, of the following persons are blocked and may not be transferred, paid, exported, withdrawn, or otherwise dealt in: any persondetermined by the Secretary of the Treasury, in consultation with or atthe recommendation of the Secretary of State:(i) to have knowingly, on or after August 10, 2012, transferred, or facilitatedthe transfer of, goods or technologies to Iran, any entity organized underthe laws of Iran or otherwise subject to the jurisdiction of the Governmentof Iran, or any national of Iran, for use in or with respect to Iran, thatare likely to be used by the Government of Iran or any of its agenciesor instrumentalities, or by any other person on behalf of the Governmentof Iran or any of such agencies or instrumentalities, to commit serioushuman rights abuses against the people of Iran;(ii) to have knowingly, on or after August 10, 2012, provided services,including services relating to hardware, software, or specialized informa-tion or professional consulting, engineering, or support services, with re-spect to goods or technologies that have been transferred to Iran andthat are likely to be used by the Government of Iran or any of its agenciesor instrumentalities, or by any other person on behalf of the Governmentof Iran or any of such agencies or instrumentalities, to commit serioushuman rights abuses against the people of Iran;(iii) to have materially assisted, sponsored, or provided financial, material,or technological support for, or goods or services to or in support of,the activities described in subsection (a)(i) or (a)(ii) of this section orany person whose property and interests in property are blocked pursuantto this section; or(iv) to be owned or controlled by, or to have acted or purported toact for or on behalf of, directly or indirectly, any person whose propertyand interests in property are blocked pursuant to this section.(b) The prohibitions in subsection (a) of this section apply except to theextent provided by statutes, or in regulations, orders, directives, or licensesthat may be issued pursuant to this order, and notwithstanding any contractentered into or any license or permit granted prior to the date of thisorder.

Sec. 3

. (a) All property and interests in property that are in the UnitedStates, that hereafter come within the United States, or that are or hereaftercome within the possession or control of any United States person, includingany foreign branch, of the following persons are blocked and may not be transferred, paid, exported, withdrawn, or otherwise dealt in: any persondetermined by the Secretary of the Treasury, in consultation with or atthe recommendation of the Secretary of State:(i) to have engaged in censorship or other activities with respect to Iranon or after June 12, 2009, that prohibit, limit, or penalize the exerciseof freedom of expression or assembly by citizens of Iran, or that limitaccess to print or broadcast media, including the facilitation or support

of intentional frequency manipulation by the Government of Iran or anentity owned or controlled by the Government of Iran that would jamor restrict an international signal;(ii) to have materially assisted, sponsored, or provided financial, material,or technological support for, or goods or services to or in support of,the activities described in subsection (a)(i) of this section or any personwhose property and interests in property are blocked pursuant to thissection; or(iii) to be owned or controlled by, or to have acted or purported toact for or on behalf of, directly or indirectly, any person whose propertyand interests in property are blocked pursuant to this section.(b) The prohibitions in subsection (a) of this section apply except to theextent provided by statutes, or in regulations, orders, directives, or licensesthat may be issued pursuant to this order, and notwithstanding any contractentered into or any license or permit granted prior to the date of thisorder.

Sec. 4

. (a) No entity owned or controlled by a United States person andestablished or maintained outside the United States may knowingly engagein any transaction, directly or indirectly, with the Government of Iran orany person subject to the jurisdiction of the Government of Iran, if thattransaction would be prohibited by Executive Order 12957, Executive Order12959 of May 6, 1995, Executive Order 13059 of August 19, 1997, ExecutiveOrder 13599 of February 5, 2012, section 5 of Executive Order 13622 of July 30, 2012, or section 12 of this order, or any regulation issued pursuantto the foregoing, if the transaction were engaged in by a United Statesperson or in the United States.(b) Penalties assessed for violations of the prohibition in subsection (a)of this section, and any related violations of section 12 of this order, may be assessed against the United States person that owns or controls theentity that engaged in the prohibited transaction.(c) Penalties for violations of the prohibition in subsection (a) of this sectionshall not apply if the United States person that owns or controls the entitydivests or terminates its business with the entity not later than February6, 2013.(d) The prohibitions in subsection (a) of this section apply except to theextent provided by statutes, or in regulations, orders, directives, or licensesthat may be issued pursuant to this order, and notwithstanding any contractentered into or any license or permit granted prior to the date of thisorder.

Sec. 5

. The Secretary of State, in consultation with the Secretary of theTreasury, the Secretary of Commerce, and the United States Trade Representa-tive, and with the President of the Export-Import Bank of the United States,the Chairman of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System,and other agencies and officials as appropriate, is hereby authorized toimpose on a person any of the sanctions described in section 6 or 7 of this order upon determining that the person:(a) knowingly, between July 1, 2010, and August 10, 2012, sold, leased,or provided to Iran goods, services, technology, information, or supportwith a fair market value of $1,000,000 or more, or with an aggregate fairmarket value of $5,000,000 or more during a 12-month period, and thatcould directly and significantly facilitate the maintenance or expansion of Iran’s domestic production of refined petroleum products, including anydirect and significant assistance with respect to the construction, moderniza-tion, or repair of petroleum refineries;(b) knowingly, between July 1, 2010, and August 10, 2012, sold or providedto Iran refined petroleum products with a fair market value of $1,000,000or more, or with an aggregate fair market value of $5,000,000 or moreduring a 12-month period;